A 12-year-old boy was critically injured after being struck by a car while trying to catch a school bus in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 12-year-old boy was critically injured after being struck by a car while trying to catch a school bus in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Updated: 10:46 PM EST Jan 29, 2015

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WEBVTT RIGHT NOW AT 10, CHANGES ARE COMING IN THE MORNING AT THE OSCEOLA COUNTY BUS STOP, THE FHP SAYS THE 12-YEAR-OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT WAS HIT BY A CAR EARLY THIS MORNING THE CAR WAS DRIVING PASSED THE BUS AND HAD NOT YET PUT OUT A STOP SIGN BOB KEELING JOINS US LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH MORE, PARENTS SAY THE CHANGES SHOULD HAVE COME SOONER WHAT ARE THEY? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, ANGELA. AS OF THE MORNING, THE CHILDREN FROM THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE THE VICTIM LIVES NO LONGER HAS TO PASS THIS BUSY ROAD WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45 MILES PER HOUR, PARENTS WE TALK TO TONIGHT SAY THEY'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DANGER OF THIS BEFORE AND THOSE CONCERNS WERE IGNORED. BEGINNING FRIDAY AN OSSIOL LA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SPOKESWOMAN SAYS CHILDREN WILL BE PICKED UP INSIDE THE COBBLESTONE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND WON'T HAVE TO CROSS THIS DARK STRETCH OF WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45. SEEN A KID FLIP OVER THE CAR. JOHN RODRIGUEZ SAYS HIS SON WATCHED HIS FRIEND AND CLASSMATE GET HIT, MANY KIDS FROM THE COMPLEX COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DANGEROUS WAY KIDS HAVE HAD TO CATCH THE BUS BUT UNTIL NOW WERE IGNORED. OR EVEN GET HURT. THE BUS WAS COMING TO A STOP AND HAD FLASHING LIGHTS ON BUT HAD NOT PUT TOUT STOP SIGN A. NISSAN FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION STRUCK THE BORE AS HE TRIED TO CROSS THE STREET. WE STOPPED AND STARED AND AMAZED WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT HE GOT HIT. AND HELP MY FRIEND -- I HOPE MY PRESENT CALLEB GETS BETTER. MOTORISTS ARE RIERDZ TO STOP THAT DISPLAYS FLASHING LIGHT AND HAS STOP SIGN EXTENDED TROOPERS SAY KIDS HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS. WATCH FOR THOSE CARS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY AREN'T WATCHING FOR YOU. 12-YEAR-OLD CALLEB WAS IN STABLE CONDITION. HE'S THREE DOORS DOWN FROM KEFL-YEAR-OLD AUBRY CLARK STRUCK AND INJURED BY A CAR LAST WEEK. LIVE IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. BOB, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE, A STATE SENATOR INTRODUCED A BILL CALLING FOR PRISON TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO PASS A STOPPED SCHOOL BUS THE MEASURE WOULD MAKE IT RECKLESS DRIVING OFFENSE AND COULD FACE UP TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL AND A FINE UP TO $5,000 ON A FIRST CONVICTION, A SECOND CONVICTION

Parents complained about bus stop location prior to crash

A 12-year-old boy was critically injured after being struck by a car while trying to catch a school bus in Osceola County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.